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  🌍 The @‌IPBES community continues to grow: South Sudan has officially joined as our 153rd member State! More members, more perspectives, and a stronger global science-policy community for biodiversity and #ForNature. 🤝 Looking forward to working together at #IPBES13 and beyond! 💚

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  A new documentary about extinction risk and the efforts to mitigate it is now available on ARTE and features Axel Paulsch, who has been engaged with IPBES since the inception of the platform, and currently runs a capacity-building programme for #IPBESstakeholders from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/127467-004-A/42-the-answer-to-almost-everything/

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  The laid-out chapters of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment are now available. Explore this groundbreaking report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature. https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact

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  The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report is the first of its kind highlighting methods and more than 100 specific actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies. Watch the report summary video: https://youtu.be/Z9CSouv-GnI?si=oQ_B3MWKT0W6Ce5J

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  Love them or hate them, wasps are vital in ecosystems: as pest-controllers, pollinators and decomposers. But UK researchers have noticed something alarming. In the summer of 2026, there don’t appear to be many wasps around. Read more in @‌theconversation: https://theconversation.com/where-have-all-the-wasps-gone-this-summer-288535

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  The 2026 WWF Living Planet Report has been published. https://livingplanet.panda.org/ The IPBES #NexusAssessment showed that biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change are deeply interconnected. The #LivingPlanetReport provides a message of hope: by transforming these systems, we can create positive tipping points that benefit both nature and people. -Paula Harrison, IPBES Nexus Assessment Report Co-chair Read the #NexusAssessment: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment

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  The right to adequate housing and a good quality of life is strongly linked to access to clean water, food security, a safe and stable climate, a healthy environment, and sanitation. The IPBES #NexusAssessment found that more than 50% of the global population lives in areas experiencing the highest impacts from decline of these interconnected elements, and that low and middle countries face the brunt of the impacts. On#WorldHabitatDay, let’s remember that a nexus approach is necessary to creat...

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  A new species of felid has been classified, the first in over 100 years. 🐱 The L. tilcayo lives in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion and is smaller than the average domestic cat. Researchers hope their methodology may soon be used to classify even more cat species in other parts of the world, and make their conservation more urgent. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/meet-the-first-new-cat-species-discovered-in-100-years?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=linkedin::cmp=editorial::a...

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  Former IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie recently published an article in @PLOS@mstdn.science reflecting on a decade of IPBES assessments, and the scientific priorities needed to accelerate action for biodiversity. Read more: https://journals.plos.org/ecosystems/article?id=10.1371/journal.pesy.0000027

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  Nature is everyone’s business! Read some of the findings from the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report, as summarized compellingly by @‌BES Net: https://www.besnet.world/nature-is-everybodys-business/ Read the full report: https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact

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  Extreme events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods have a multitude of negative impacts on nature, humans, and society. Read more about the interconnection of biodiversity, health, climate, food and water in the IPBES Nexus Assessment: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment

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  Up to 700 million people could be forced to migrate by 2050 due to declining land productivity, coupled with climate change which significantly affects global drylands. This poses severe risks of forced migration, food insecurity and regional socioeconomic instability. @ipbes@mas.to #LandDegradation Assessment Dive deeper into the findings of the IPBES Assessment on Land Degradation and Restoration: https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/ldr

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  Languages maintain, transmit and convey knowledge, values and practices that support biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. Around 40% of the world’s languages are endangered, along with the precious knowledge they carry. #ValuesAssessment: https://www.ipbes.net/the-values-assessment

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  📣DEADLINE EXTENDED📣 There is still time to participate in the external review of the IPBES #GlobalAssessment2 📆Deadline 21 August 🗣️Who? Governments, scientists, experts, businesses, decision-makers, knowledge-holders, etc. Learn more⬇️ https://www.ipbes.net/notification/second-global-assessment/first-external-review/review-period-extended

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  📊 Some businesses already apply existing methods, knowledge and data; as the science base improves, all businesses will be able to take action. A combination of methods or metrics, which may include scientific, Indigenous and local knowledge, will often be necessary to fully capture the impacts and dependencies of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. —IPBES #BizBiodiversity Asssessment Read the approved Summary for policymakers of the business and biodiversity assess...

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  🌽 By understanding and managing businesses’ impacts and dependencies, businesses can reduce risks and deliver positive outcomes for both business and biodiversity. To avoid greenwashing, it is essential that businesses develop transparent and credible strategies based on an understanding of their impacts and dependencies and clearly demonstrate verifiable biodiversity outcomes. —IPBES #BizBiodiversity Asssessment Read the Summary for policymakers of the business and biodiversity assessment: h...

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  Climate change doesn’t happen in isolation. It is inextricably linked to biodiversity and other nexus elements. Siloed climate action is not only insufficient, but also costly. Explore 70+ synergistic solutions in the Climate Change and Nexus Approaches Factsheet from the @‌ipbes #NexusAssessment https://zenodo.org/records/20425323

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  From 1820 to 2022, the global economy grew from $1.18 trillion to $130.11 trillion and businesses played a central role in that growth. Yet ignoring nature's values has also driven biodiversity loss: 14 of 18 measured categories of nature’s contributions to people are declining. Because businesses are highly influential, and can move quickly when motivated, informed and enabled to do so, they can be agents of positive change. —IPBES #BizBiodiversity Asssessment Explore the Summary for Pol...

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  In Peru, native stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world. 🌎 Stingless bees are key rainforest pollinators, sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem health. They are challenged by: #ClimateChange, #deforestation, pesticides, and competition with European bees. This vital decision follows a campaign based on research in collaboration with Indigenous communities to document the bees. As the @‌IPBES #PollinationAssessment shows, wor...

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  Business uptake of biodiversity disclosure is currently limited. 📊 While biodiversity and nature underpin the global economy, the latest @‌ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Assessment reveals that less than 1 per cent of publicly reporting companies currently mention their impacts on biodiversity. While the number is growing in response to new reporting standards, there is a need to move beyond these institutional and resource-related barriers to achieve transformative change. Dive into the...

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  The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health has published the Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use. Carbon, Water and Land Footprints. The report analyses the impact of AI beyond carbon footprint and calls for a responsible AI ecosystem. https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon-water-and-land-footprints

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  Sixty years after the discovery of a colony of Juan Fernández fur seals, previously thought to be extinct, a landmark agreement will extend protection of 337,000 sq km of Chilean waters inhabited by the seals. Read more in @TheGuardian@mstdn.social https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/chile-seals-colony-gain-protection-new-marine-park-juan-fernandez-archipelago-wildlife

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  Animal pollination is essential for nature. Nearly 90% of wild flowering plant species worldwide rely on pollinators for their survival. These plants support ecosystems by providing food, habitats, and resources for many species. 📖 @ipbes@mas.to #PollinationAssessment : https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/pollinators

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  Small-scale actions can make large contributions to #TransformativeChange for a just and sustainable world when they address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline. —Dr. Luthando Dziba, IPBES Executive Secretary This #BiodiversityDay, start acting locally for global impact.

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  On LinkedIn, we like to dress up our job titles. But when it comes to nature, that professional polish is actually scientific facts. 🧪 The @ipbes #PollinationAssessment found that 75% of our food crops & nearly 90% of wild flowering plants depend at least to some extent on animal pollination. #IPBES #Pollinators #Science #Nature #LinkedInReality

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  In Peru, native stingless bees have become the first insects to be granted legal rights in the world. 🌎 The decision follows collaboration with Indigenous communities to document the bees. 🧪 The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first

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  Wild plants, algae and fungi provide food, nutritional diversity and income for an estimated one in five people around the world, in particular women, children, landless farmers & others in vulnerable situations. -@ipbes Sustainable Use Report 🗞️ @‌mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/sustainable-trade-in-wild-plants-benefits-people-and-planet-commentary/

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  Business uptake of biodiversity disclosure is currently limited. 📊 While biodiversity and nature underpin the global economy, the latest @ipbes #BizBiodiversity Assessment reveals that less than 1 per cent of publicly reporting companies currently mention their impacts on biodiversity. More details: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media 📂

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  Populations of hedgehogs are rapidly shrinking across Europe. Can ultrasonic signals warn hedgehogs away from approaching vehicles or keep them clear of dangerous machines? One researcher is exploring ultrasound as an option to help save these tiny critters. Read more in @TheConversationUK https://theconversation.com/hedgehogs-can-hear-high-frequency-ultrasound-that-knowledge-could-help-save-them-275255

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  The #CMSCOP15 is currently taking place in Campo Grande, Brazil! CMS reminds us that urgent & coordinated efforts are needed to ensure that the protection of CMS extends to all species in need of conservation🌏🐋🌱 Learn more 👉 https://www.cms.int/cop15